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Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Reducing Shoreline Remediation Safety Hazards by Taking a Safety‐Based Approach to Fuel and Oil Spill Cleanup
Author(s) -
Guerin Turlough F.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.21510
Subject(s) - oil spill , environmental remediation , shore , containment (computer programming) , environmental science , environmental planning , waste management , computer science , civil engineering , contamination , environmental engineering , engineering , geology , ecology , oceanography , biology , programming language
Fuel spills onto land or a hardstand area is one thing. Losing several metric tonnes of fuel onto an inaccessible rock batter that is in proximity to the open ocean is entirely different. The upshot of such loss of containment events need not be the disaster that an initial cursory assessment would have you think. By looking through a safety lens, this article demonstrates how developing a realistic model of the resulting contamination can help navigate an effective remediation program that meets the expectations of multiple stakeholders. Further, the mine where the spill occurred was able to continue using the impacted loading facility, therefore, enabling business continuity. ©2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.